MUMBAI: While the state government has amended the development rules allowing rooftop helipads on residential as well as commercial buildings, the decision has not gone down well with environmentalists. They have written to the government, saying the helicopters will break the noise pollution norms.

Aircraft noise a pain for residents around airport sahil yaduvanshi, 4, loves airplanes. He does not have to go far to look at one. He just has to peer out of his playschool window and look up every few minutes to see one.

Airplanes are the favourite whipping boy of every environmentalist, but Kati Iham

Bangalore: A war of words has broken out between former prime minister and JDS president H D Deve Gowda and key BJP leaders, including Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa, over the BJP Government

MUMBAI: Cidco, which is developing the Navi Mumbai international airport, has asked the consultant not to proceed with the detailed report of the project as the Union ministry of environment and forests (MoEF) is yet to give its clearance.

Melbourne: Some of the most popular airlines in the world have high levels of

Durgapur, Feb. 10: All 71 landowners called to register their objections to land acquisition for the airport city in Andal today refused to part with their plots unless the Bengal government negotiated the compensation directly with them.

The owners boycotted the hearing after two of them were heard, saying their demands were the same, and filed a joint petition.

The Archaeological Survey of India is planning to install sensors in the Qutub Minar to measure the vibrations and noise pollution caused by airplanes that fly close to the monument.